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This is Roger Tinker, Owner and General Manager of All Star Pest Control located in Columbus,
Georgia and serving folks in this area for over 38 years.
Today I want to talk about the importance of keeping your grass cut to help prevent all kinds of pest
from being a problem for your home.
I can not possibly cover all the pest that can thrive when the grass is not cut properly, but I will go
over a few just to give you an idea how important keeping your grass cut is.
Some common insects that like to live in high grass are Chiggers, Fleas, Mosquitos, Ticks, Spiders,
Fire Ants, and Crickets just to name a few.
One of the first things any Pest Control company does is request that you cut the grass BEFORE any
type of treatment is performed for any of these pest that have been listed in this article.
Tall grass provides camouflage for pest to move close to your home or make a habitat in your yard.
We usually do not have complaints about Chiggers when the yard and surrounding property is
properly cut and maintained.
Fleas are more prevalent in yards that are not well maintained.
Most Mosquitos prefer tall grass and bushes to spend their time in from the Sun. Keeping your grass
gives them less area to be in. I will add that I don’t have any bushes around my own home for this
reason.
Our company will not do any treatment for ticks until the grass in the yard and any accessible areas
around the yard have their grass cut. Keeping the yard maintained goes a long way to not being
infested with ticks.
Many spiders move thru the long uncut grass. We do not have time to name every type of spider that
does this. Well groomed yards will reduce the spiders travel greatly.
I am not going to tell you that keeping the grass cut is going to affect Fire Ants from infesting your
lawn. However, tall, uncut grass will hide the mounds much longer from your view and makes it much
more likely for you to get stung by fire ants. It’s hard to avoid the things you can’t se.
And now we talk about crickets. Don’t you love to hear a cricket begin chirping just as you were about
to go to sleep. Yep, The crickets probably would not be there if you had remembered to cut the grass.
Let’s crank up that lawnmower and keep that grass cut. You will be glad that you did.
Please feel free to contact me if I can be of any help to you.
